The Louisville Metro Bike Louisville website is supporting the idea of Louisvillians taking the 2 Mile Bicycle Challenge.  This concept was created and is being promoted by the energy bar company ClifBar. From the Bike Louisville website:

The idea is simple: with 4 out of every 10 trips lasting two miles or less, each of us has a great opportunity to cut way back on car trips without sacrificing much time or expending too much effort. Two miles on a bike isn't far, and, when you're just going to return a library book there's no reason to take your entire car with you.

What a great idea!  Of course, I hope that folks will be bicycling in a safe and responsible manner. For those who haven't been on a bike for a while, or need help learning how to bike safely around traffic, taking a class such as Bicycling for Louisville's Confident Cycling course would be a great start. </shameless plug>

ClifBar's 2 Mile Bicycle Challenge website has lots of handy tools to assist folks in meeting this challenge.

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TIME Magazine lists "10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas." Some are obvious (less pollution? really?), but there are a few surprises, such as "more cops on the beat." My favorite line: "cops are being told to cut down on idling their cruisers — which is sort of like telling a teenager to stop using his cell phone." 

The holiday is the same date, every year, regardless of the day of the week.

All of CART's Car Free Guides to Louisville Neighborhoods are now online!  Many are still in print in dead-tree edition - check with your local neighborhood group.

• Car Free Guide to Deer Park (2003) web
• Car Free Guide to St Matthews (2005) pdf
• Car Free Guide to Clifton (2007) pdf
• Car Free Guide to the Highlands (coming 2008!)

the "KTAP" issue

• Dr. Ron Crouch to speak at CART Quarterly Meeting
• World Car Free Day Rally
• Bluegrass Energy & Green Living Expo Planning
• Introducing KTAP & the Ohio River Bridges Project
• Washington State Buying Track to Get Farmer's Goods to Market
• Study: Does Transit Work?  A Conservative Reappraisal

the 10 Commandments issue

• Nina Walfoort to speak at quarterly meeting
• World Car Free Day preperations
• TARC News
• Lexington Area Sierra Club
• Car Free Guide to Clifton
• Ohio River Bridges, again
• Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects: Error or Lie?
• Safe Routes To School is a winning issue
• China passes USA in CO₂ emissions
• Vatican issues 10 commandments for drivers

Why Be Car-Free?

A car-free life can be a carefree life. Life without searching for parking spots, pumping the gas, waiting in traffic, getting speeding/parking tickets, and avoiding car repair/breakdowns can be less stressful and healthier. You don't have to be totally car-free to enjoy the benefits either. Being car-free for just one day can still make a difference. Imagine if everyone was car-free for just one day each week. That would be a 14% reduction in the pollution we create.